Atul Kumar Thakur, DCP (South) said a team was sent to Jabalpur where they found MC Kode at a friend’s place.
Delhi-based rapper MC Kode aka Aditya Tiwari who went missing after posting an ambiguous Instagram story on June 2 was found in Madhya Pradesh’s Jabalpur on Wednesday, the Delhi Police said.
23-year-old rapper Aditya Tiwari, who went missing from Delhi last week, has been traced to Madhya Pradesh's Jabalpur, by police team: Delhi Police pic.twitter.com/IorFqWaYac
— ANI (@ANI) June 9, 2021
The 22-year-old rapper is a popular name in the capital’s underground hip-hop circuit and one of the founders of Spit Dope Inc – a collective that organizes rap battles.
After he went missing, his mother, Deepa Tiwari, filed a complaint in South Delhi’s Mehrauli police station on June 4 and a case of kidnapping was registered the next day.
“His mother told us he left his home in Saidullajab after posting a suicide note on Instagram. We found that his phone’s last location was in Noida on May 25. It was later switched off. We wrote to social media sites to provide Tiwari’s account details. During the investigation, we found Tiwari was in Madhya Pradesh,” a senior police officer said.
Atul Kumar Thakur, DCP (South) said a team was sent to Jabalpur where they found MC Kode at a friend’s place.
“After leaving Delhi, we presume he contacted his friend and went to live at his place. We haven’t questioned him yet and our team is bringing him back to Delhi. We will then ask him about his disappearance and how we went to Jabalpur,” DCP Thakur said.
Last week, a video of an old ‘rap battle’ resurfaced, which purportedly showed MC Kode, who was 17 at the time, reciting lyrics disrespectful towards Hindu scriptures. This was met with backlash and death threats on social media, which continued despite an apology from the rapper.
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Following the brutal trolling, MC Kode posted on Instagram “The constant suffering and trials and tribulations of life have made me weak. Currently standing at an isolated bridge overlooking the Yamuna… I do not blame anyone for anything but myself. A relief from my own existence is gonna serve as a punishment that the entire country wanted.” After the story came to light, several social media users and fans speculated this to be a suicide note and launched a massive search operation looking for him.
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